hunters hunted adventures italian naval de cocchia aldo (24 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Number written on ffep. Clipped DJ in archival cover, chips.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 180 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket showing tanning on the spine. Dust jacket not price clipped, showing the original $3.50 price at publication. First Edition / Presumed First printing. Published 1958 with no later printing history offered. NOTE: End papers are glue-stained. As is common to this title, the glue used during the book's production is bleeding through the front and back end papers.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Reprint. nice copy; author was an admiral in the Italian navy during WWII.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Minor wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Toning on pastedowns & endpapers. Dj lightly worn around edges with wear on spine. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good +. First American Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. viii, 179 (1) pp, list of b&w illustrations and diagrams, Part 1. Ocean-Going Submarines: I. Commerce Raiding; II. Betasom; III. U-Boats; IV. Shift to the Atlantic; V. Salvatore Todaro, the Knight Errant; VI. Atlantic Incidentss; VII. Torelli's Career; VIII. Pittoni and Bagnolini: IX. Tramping to Singapore. Part 2. Adventures in Uniform: X. Invading Crete; XI. The Attack that Failed; XII. The Kasbah; XIII. Villa Carmela; XIV. The Ghost Ships. Part 3. Convoys: XV. The Battle of African Convoys; XVI. Blackade Runners; XVII. A Drama in Two Acts; XVIII. Da Mosto's Last Fight; XIX. Commander Ignazio Castrogiovanni; XX. Commander Enea Picchio. Part 4. Four Brave Men: XXI. Admiral Carlo Bergamini; XXII. Carlo Fecia Di Cossato; XXIII. Human Torpedoes; XXIV. Olterra's Commander; Appendix: Italian Submarines in the Atlantic. Translated by M. Gwyer. First American Edition, 1958. "Admiral Cocchia's narrative begins early in the war when he was Chief of Staff at the Italian Submarine base at Bordeaux. From this position he describes encounters with the British merchantmen, the Italian methods of slipping through the Straits of Gibraltar, the sinking of the cruiser Calypso, and the transformation of Italian submarines into unarmed cargo boats to take suplies to Japan. He proceeds to reccount the Italian landings on Crete and is followed by a description of the defense of Tobruk, the Battle of the Convoys in the Mediterranean, the sinking of the battleship Roma by the Germans after the Italian armistice, and the attemps on Gibraltar by human torpedoes." from the jacket flap. Price clipped with inked name on front pastedown. 1" closed tear to top edge spine dj with light rubbing around tear and minor edge wear to top and bottom spine edges of same. Only the faintest edge wear to bottom edge spine and front board tip, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.

Cloth w/DJ. Etat : VG/G. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrateur). Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. VG/G. (1958). . Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., viii,180 pp., Dj lightly browned with some fraying spine edges and pencil mark on back; e/p's also have signs of browning .

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. First American Edition. 178pp., illus.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Translated from the Italian by M. Gwyer. First American edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning), price clipped dust jacket. B0007DKU2I.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First. nice copy; author was an admiral in the Italian navy during WWII.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. Green colored cloth boards. Dust jacket price not clipped.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardback in very good condition with very good dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Etat : Sehr gut. 23,5cm 178 Seiten. Hardcover. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Sehr Gut, eher ungelesen; Minischildchen (2x1cm) auf dem Vorsatzblatt, läßt sich wohl entfernen, mir gelang das einmal; Schutzumschlag fehlt, oder es gibt keinen; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st. 1st US ed. 180p. Photos. First person account of service as Chief of Staff at the Bordeaux submarine base early in WWII; later he directed Italian amphibious operations against Crete, and commanded a destroyer squadron in 1942 in the Mediterranean in WW II. Wounded in action. Green cloth. End papers acid migration burns at margins. Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good condition. Etat de la jaquette : good. 179 p., illus.

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; The book has age staining on the interior boards. The dust jacket has chipping at the spine ends and minor rubbing, creasing and chipping at extermities. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; 8vo.; 178 pages. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good to Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First American Edition. 180pp. Full dark green cloth; near fine. Pages very lightly age-toned, else contents very good. Full page half-tone illus. Pictorial dj; spine moderately toned, rear panel lightly toned, else good. Admiral Cocchia, was Chief of Staff at the Bordeaux submarine base early in WWII; later he directed Italian amphibious operations against Crete, and commanded a destroyer squadron in 1942. WWII from an Italian naval perspective.

1st American, 1958 edition. Good++, Good++ 8VO, 179 pgs., B/W Phot & Ill Hardcover: Green cloth binding with title on spine in black. Binding on backboard is 'bubbled'. Endpapers are foxed. Encounters with British merchantmen, transformation of submarines into unarmed cargo boats, landings in Crete and other dramatic incidents are related. Photo illustrated. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Edgewear and chipping. Corners and edges are rubbed. Soil and oxidized covers. Illustrated front cover. Desirable copy in protective mylar.

1st American, 1958 edition. Very Good+, Very Good 8VO, 179 pgs., B/W Phot & Ill Hardcover: Previous owners name on first paste-down. Green cloth binding with title on spine in black. Encounters with British merchantmen, transformation of submarines into unarmed cargo boats, landings in Crete and other dramatic incidents are related. Photo illustrated. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Light edgewear and chipping to corners and spine ends. Light rubbing to edges. Spine and rear cover sunned. Illustrated front cover. Desirable copy in protective mylar.

1st American, 1958 edition. Very Good, Very Good 8VO, 179 pgs., B/W Phot & Ill Hardcover: Green cloth binding with title on spine in black. Encounters with British merchantmen, transformation of submarines into unarmed cargo boats, landings in Crete and other dramatic incidents are related. Photo illustrated. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Illustrated front cover. Slight soil. Attractive copy in protective mylar.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st. 1st US ed. 180p. Photos. First person account of service as Chief of Staff at the Bordeaux submarine base early in WWII; later he directed Italian amphibious operations against Crete, and commanded a destroyer squadron in 1942 in the Mediterranean in WW II. Wounded in action. Green cloth. End papers acid migration burns at margins. In mylar. Near Fine/Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st. 1st US ed. 180p. Photos. First person account of service as Chief of Staff at the Bordeaux submarine base early in WWII; later he directed Italian amphibious operations against Crete, and commanded a destroyer squadron in 1942 in the Mediterranean in WW II. Wounded in action. Green cloth. End papers acid migration burns at margins. In mylar. Near Fine/Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st. 1st US ed. 180p. Photos. First person account of service as Chief of Staff at the Bordeaux submarine base early in WWII; later he directed Italian amphibious operations against Crete, and commanded a destroyer squadron in 1942 in the Mediterranean in WW II. Wounded in action. Jacket sprine slightly sunned. Fine/Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Some discoloration of the endpapers. viii, 179, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Diagrams Includes Part 1 on Ocean-Going submarines (Chapters include Commerce Raiding, Betasom; U.-Boats; Shift to the Atlantic; Salvatore Todaro, the Knight Errant; Atlantic Incidents; Torelli's Career; Pittoni and the Bagnolini; Tramping to Singapore); Part 2: Adventures in Uniform (Chapters include: Invading Crete, The Attack that Failed, The Kasbah, Villa Carmela, and The Ghost Ships); Part 3 Convoys, Chapters include: The Battle of African Convoys; Blockade Runners; A Drama in Two Acts; Da Mosto's Last Fight; Commander Ignazio Castrogiovanni and Commander Enea Picchio; Part 4: Chapters include Admiral Carlo Bergamini; Carlo Fecia Di Cossato; Human Torpedoes; and Olterra's Commander. Also includes Appendix on Italian Submarines in the Atlantic. Aldo Cocchia (August 30, 1900 - December 12, 1968) was an Italian naval officer during World War II. Cocchia was born in Naples in 1900 and attended the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno, graduating in 1916 with the rank of Ensign. During World War I he served on board the battleship Conte di Cavour. In the 1930s he participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War, commanding MAS, submarines and torpedo boats. When Italy entered World War II Cocchia, with the rank of Commander, was the commanding officer of the submarine Luigi Torelli; he commanded the boat during its first mission in the Atlantic Ocean, after which he was assigned to BETASOM base in Bordeaux as Chief of Staff. After his promotion to Captain, he was repatriated, and in May 1941 he led the flotilla that carried and landed near Sitia (on the eastern coast of Crete), during the German invasion of the island, an Italian regiment sent as reinforcement to the German troops engaged in the battle. He was then appointed military commander of the island of Leros, a role he held until April 1942. In April 1942 he was given command of the destroyer Nicoloso da Recco and the 16th Destroyer Squadron; in the subsequent months, he was the escort leader in numerous convoys carrying supplies from Italy and Greece towards North Africa, facing many attacks by British aircraft and submarines, with changing fortunes. His last escort mission resulted, on December 2, 1942, in the Battle of Skerki Bank: his convoy (composed of the transport ships Aventino, Aspromonte, Puccini and KT 1), escorted by three destroyers (Da Recco, Folgore and Camicia Nera) and two torpedo boats (Procione and Clio), was attacked during the night by the British Force Q, consisting of the light cruisers Aurora, Sirius and Argonaut and the destroyers Quiberon and Quentin. On Cocchia's orders, the entire escort launched a determined counterattack, but could not prevent the destruction of the convoy; Da Recco, after two unsuccessful attacks with guns and torpedoes, closed in on Force Q to launch a third attack, but the accidental ignition of fuel oil contained in the forward funnel originated a column of sparks, that gave away the position of the ship. Accurate British fire immediately crippled Da Recco, igniting her forward magazines; more than half of the crew was killed or wounded, including Cocchia, who suffered severe burns, especially on his face. Temporarily blinded, he had to give up the command to his executive officer; he was initially hospitalized at the hospital in Torrebianca (Trapani), and had to spend the next three years in a number of clinics, undergoing numerous surgery operations in an attempt to mitigate the damage caused by the fire. He was permanently disfigured; for his determined defense of the convoy against superior forces he was awarded Gold Medal of Military Valor. Due to his wounds, after the war he was transferred to the Role of Honour, where he reached the rank of Admiral; from November 1958, he was Director of the "Rivista Marittima" (the monthly magazine of the Italian Navy), and from July 1960 to June 1963 he was the head of the Italian Navy Historical Branch, directing the drafting of several volumes of its series on the activity of the Italian Navy in World War II. In his private life, he also authored several books about the war. First U.S Edition, presumed first printing.